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Trevor and Bonar found themselves in Montreal ... which, as cities go, is rather lovely even when it's raining sideways... on a mission with the Policaro Group to introduce a Danish hypercar company called Zenvo to the Canadian market. And by the time you're hearing this, Zenvo Toronto is officially a thing. You're welcome, Central and Eastern Canada.

Their guest is Mark Harrison, Zenvo's Chief Commercial Officer, a man who has somehow managed to work at MINI, BMW, McLaren, Pininfarina, and Praga before ending up at the controls of what is essentially a 1,850 horsepower V12-powered piece of Danish furniture design that happens to do very alarming speeds. The car in question is the Aurora Agil, and it is ... and we don't say this lightly ... absolutely sensational.

Mark walks us through his journey from rural England (where apparently the first word he ever spoke was about trucks), through the absolute minefield of launching the BMW MINI to a hostile British press, into the rarefied air of hypercars. There's chat about the death ... or rather the very much alive status ... of the V12, why Danish chair design has more to do with supercars than you'd think, and a rather brilliant bit about the Aurora's instrument cluster that would make Q from James Bond quietly proud.

There's also a genuinely interesting conversation about what "experience" actually means when everyone in the hypercar world claims to offer one, and why the partnership between the Policaro Group, WISAC Group, and Zenvo might just be the best thing to happen to Canadian car culture since someone decided to put a Tim Hortons inside a gas station.

This one was recorded on location at the Royalmont in Montreal - so excuse the less than perfect sound quality.

Salomão and André Abdala are the duo behind 2DIE4 — the first Brazilian-produced IMAX film, shot on location at the 24 Hours of Le Mans through the lens of Porsche and driver Felipe Nasr.

In this episode, recorded at Porsche Centre Oakville in collaboration with the Policaro Group, the brothers talk about growing up in São Paulo obsessed with action sports, landing Honda Brazil as their first client as teenagers, and building a production company with one goal: self-financing their first feature film.

They break down what it actually took — treating the real Le Mans as a film set, shooting with IMAX-certified cameras with no second takes, mixing the audio in Dolby Atmos to put you in the driver's seat, and betting everything on a story the studios said was too risky.

Learn more about the film at 2die4film.com.

Bonar and Trevor sit down with Nhu Nguyen...a rare technician who doesn’t just work on Porsches, she speaks Porsche.

Trained in Canada and now based in sunny California, Nhu works at a small independent shop focused almost entirely on classic, air-cooled cars. Along the way, she earned one of the brand’s most respected credentials: Porsche Classic certification—becoming the first woman ever to achieve it.

We cover Nhu’s late-career leap into the trades, what it actually takes to become Porsche Classic certified, and why classic work is often about undoing what previous hands have done. Nhu also shares practical buying advice for anyone dreaming of an air-cooled 911, the tools she swears by, and the mindset that separates great technicians from average ones.

If you love air-cooled lore, craftsmanship, and the reality of keeping old machines alive, this one’s for you.

Guest: Nhu Nguyen
Find Nhu: @dear_new

Ten years ago, The Bucket Seat started as an idea — part blog, part unfinished film concept, part excuse to talk about cars with people who care deeply about them.

In this special episode, the format flips.

Instead of interviewing a guest, Trevor Byrne takes the Bucket Seat himself. With no preparation and no script, he reflects on where the show began, the people who shaped it, the cars that formed his identity, and what a decade inside the automotive world has taught him.

The conversation moves through early influences, first cars, industry shifts, and the surprising things that haven’t changed — all leading to a simple but clear idea: this show has always been about connection, curiosity, and community.

It’s unpolished by design. Honest by accident. And intended as a marker — not a celebration — of ten years spent asking questions worth asking.

Welcome to a very different episode of The Bucket Seat.

In this episode of The Bucket Seat Podcast, Bonar and Trevor are joined by Marc Ouayoun, Managing Director of Peter Auto — the people behind some of the most important historic motoring events on the planet.

Marc’s story starts the way all good ones do: as a kid obsessing over car magazines, dreaming big, and eventually finding himself at the helm of Porsche in France and Canada, Audi France, and now the custodian of motorsport history at full throttle.

We talk first cars (including a Peugeot 205 GTI), daily drivers, and why Marc sold his personal Porsches when he joined the brand — before diving headlong into the world of Peter Auto. From Tour Auto and Le Mans Classic to Chantilly Arts & Élégance, Marc explains why these events aren’t museums, but living, breathing celebrations where history is meant to be driven hard, not parked quietly.

Along the way, we get into why Europe’s density of history matters, how younger generations are discovering historic racing, what makes a true “gentleman driver,” and whether electric or hydrogen cars will ever earn a place on a historic grid.

Topics include:

• Growing up car-obsessed (and the cars that never really leave you)
• Life inside Porsche, Audi, and the modern car industry
• Why historic racing works best at full speed
• Tour Auto, Le Mans Classic, and Chantilly Arts & Élégance explained
• The next generation of historic motorsport
• Electric cars, hydrogen, and the future of endurance racing

Recorded remotely between Toronto and Paris — with the sun setting in one city and engines echoing somewhere else.

Lotus turns up the power to 2,000 hp, BMW walks away from the manual, and Polestar keeps its best work overseas.

This week on The Bucket Seat, Bonar and Trevor look at the kind of stories that remind you why cars are brilliant and ridiculous in equal measure. Thunderous power, questionable decisions, and enough drama to keep a V12 warm on a winter morning. It is all here.

In this episode:

• The 2,000 hp Lotus Evija: A hypercar that feels closer to a science experiment than something with a number plate.
• BMW ends the manual M car: The last three-pedal M enters the history books. Progress or a mistake that enthusiasts will remember.
• Polestar 5 launches in Europe only: A serious GT with 884 hp that North America will not see anytime soon.
• Lexus and the LFA successor whispers: Rumours of a follow-up to one of the most memorable performance cars of the last twenty years.
• Ford and Amazon test a new used-car marketplace: Car shopping meets online retail. Helpful or unnecessary.
• UK EV tax changes: Road tax and a pay per mile charge reshape the economics of electric motoring.

The week felt like a tug of war between speed, nostalgia and a few decisions that deserve a closer look. Plenty to argue about and plenty to enjoy.

Hosts: Bonar Bulger and Trevor Byrne.

In this episode of The Bucket Seat, Trevor and Bonar sit down with filmmaker and Tangent Vector CEO JF Musial for a deep dive into car culture, storytelling and the messy reality behind building a career in automotive film.

JF traces his path from obsessive road-tripper and early YouTube experimenter to co-founding DRIVE, building it into one of the world’s biggest automotive channels and ultimately stepping away under difficult circumstances. He talks directly about risk, business failures, negotiating TV deals with NBC Sports and how adversity became the real boot camp that shaped his career.The conversation covers:

• The first beat-up B5 Audi A4 that started it all and why imperfect cars matter
• Cross-country road trips, freedom and Bonar committing on air to drive his Volvo 240 wagon across Canada
• Behind-the-scenes stories from early YouTube including “smash and grab” shoots and filming McLaren’s P1 while Top Gear shot the 918 on the same track
• Imposter syndrome, overwork and losing track of past work because there was simply too much of it
• Why algorithms are destroying attention spans and why JF believes audiences want flaws, failure and honest struggle
• The making of “Edith – Porsche’s Volcano Ascent” and the physical limits of filming at extreme altitude
• How he protects story integrity while working with major brands and why blunt honesty and effort matter
• Thoughts on AI and why imperfection will become more valuable as synthetic content grows
• Creators he respects, including Luke Huxham and photographer Canden Thrasher

JF also shares the story behind his temporary ban from Canada after a mis-timed Arctic arrival, hints at upcoming projects he can’t discuss and reflects on what kind of work is worth making in a saturated content world.For anyone interested in cars, long-form storytelling or the reality of building a creative career under platform pressure, this episode lands hard.

Audio Engineer: Justin Dhama

Produced by: Steak+Sizzle

It’s Halloween week on The Bucket Seat and the auto industry is just as spooky — from Subaru’s return to performance glory, to GM’s plan to kill Apple CarPlay, and Toyota building a luxury brand above Lexus.

What’s inside:

• Subaru STI Resurrection: Dual concepts — gas and EV — at the Japan Mobility Show. Nostalgia meets electrification.
• GM vs. CarPlay: The bold (or boneheaded) decision to cut Apple and Google out of future dashboards.
• Toyota’s New “Century” Brand: Moving above Lexus to challenge Rolls and Bentley.
• Mitsubishi Elevance Concept: A quad-motor adventure EV that looks ready for Iceland, not the mall.
• Germany’s Chip-Sharing Pact: Automakers teaming up to survive another shortage.
• Ferrari’s Record Profits: The hybrid era hits the sweet spot between performance and conscience.
• Lucid’s Level-4 “Earth” EV: Autonomy hype or genuine leap forward?

Hosted by Bonar Bulger and Trevor Byrne, this episode blends industry insight with the same garage-floor curiosity that drives the show. From design obsessions to tech overreach, we’re figuring out what really matters in cars right now.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts — and keep an eye out for our next Project Ignition drop.

Wolfgang Bremer. Designing the Edges of the EV Revolution

On this episode of The Bucket Seat, Trevor and Bonar talk with Wolfgang Bremer, a German-Canadian design leader who previously led design at Volkswagen Group Charging (Elli). Wolfgang’s career spans SAP and Nokia, and his focus sits where cars meet infrastructure: charging, software, energy, and the everyday details that shape EV ownership.

Across a fast, candid hour we cover:

• Designing the world around the car: why UX for charging, apps, and services is now core to the automotive experience.
• From chaos to craft: building design maturity inside a young organization growing at OEM scale.
• Fragmented charging UX: cards, tariffs, plugs—and what “it should just work” really means for drivers.
• Hardware vs. software: legacy automakers as car companies first; tech challengers as software first—and the convergence ahead.
• Real-life EV stories: ID.4 GTX as a daily, family miles in the ID.7 Tourer, and why tactile buttons still matter.
• What’s next: ultra-fast charging, inductive pads, smarter residential infrastructure, and seamless handoffs between phone, grid, and vehicle.

Car memories bonus: Wolfgang’s first car was a purple two-door Opel Astra F (yes, Saturn Astra vibes in North America), plus a backpacking road trip in a Golf II and the family’s manual-gearbox Mercedes-Benz 300 SL.

Pull quote: “Design isn’t just the screen—it’s everything between the product and the person.”

Guest
Website: bremer.co
Threads: @WolfgangBremer
BlueSky: @wolfgang.bremer.co

Hosts
Trevor Byrne & Bonar Bulger

The Bucket Seat explores the people, ideas, and design choices that make car culture tick—from motorsport and memories to the UX that powers the electric future. Subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed the conversation.

News-round episode: Bonar and Trevor tackle a week of wild headlines across EVs, trucks, motorsport, heritage, and hacks.

What we cover

• Acura ZDX axed: Honda kills Acura’s first modern EV in North America. Pricing, timing, and the GM Ultium tie-up—what really doomed it?
• Hyundai’s real truck play: A body-on-frame midsize pickup (and maybe an SUV sibling) aimed squarely at Tacoma/Ranger/Colorado. Serious entry or corporate cosplay?
• 308.4 mph EV “speed king”: A Chinese hyper-EV claims the crown over Bugatti. Spectacle, skepticism, and what top-speed arms races mean in an EV era.
• Ford to demolish the Glass House: Goodbye to 70 years of Dearborn HQ history. Bold evolution—or shredding your family photo albums?
• Porsche & WEC (rumour watch): Factory program chatter gets wobbly. If endurance racing is marketing, is the spend still worth it in 2025?
• JLR ransomware shock: One cyberattack freezes production and costs a fortune. Should “cyber-resilience” be a line item on the window sticker?
• Gearhead palate cleanser: Singer’s new wristwatch—because car culture also lives on our wrists.

Got a story we should riff on next time? Drop us a note and we’ll throw it in the ring.

In this episode of The Bucket Seat, we sit down with Ryan Oatman—founder and creative lead of The Kaleidoscope Show—a curated celebration of Porsche where color, place, and people are the whole point. Think gallery meets gathering: rare hues, purposeful venues, and a photo-forward experience where every car is staged like a living art installation.

We get into the origin story—why Kaleidoscope was born, how Ryan hand-picks owners and cars (it’s as much about the person as the paint code), and the craft behind turning an event into a canvas. From London’s old cereal factory to Hamilton’s Cotton Factory, we unpack the location scouting, the tape-on-the-ground precision, and why the right grey sky can make colors explode. We also talk partners and tools—how Fujifilm brought a new wave of photographers into the scene, and how Bramo’s QR car profiles add back the missing “owner’s story” at shows.

Along the way: the philosophy of driving versus displaying, why some colors just belong on certain shapes, and a spirited detour into manuals, Caymans vs. 911s, and the joy of a 6:30 a.m. back-roads loop.

Whether you’re Porsche-obsessed, color-curious, or just into the intersection of cars, culture, and community, this one’s a ride.

Topics Include:

• Kaleidoscope’s DNA: part gallery, part gathering

• Curating people and paint: stories over spec sheets

• Venue as canvas: staging, light, and why weather can be a gift

• Fujifilm’s role and the 400k-click pop-up (photographers welcome)

• Bramo QR profiles: bringing the owner’s voice to each car

• Color theory in metal: why signal yellow sings and mint green needs the right silhouette

• The case for Caymans, manuals, and Saturday-morning drives

• What’s next for Kaleidoscope (and why “small and intentional” scales best)

🎧 Subscribe to The Bucket Seat wherever you get your podcasts.
Follow Ryan & Kaleidoscope: @kaleidoscope_show and thekaleidoscopeshow.com

Have a guest or topic idea? We’d love to hear it.

Host: Trevor Byrne
Co-host: Bonar Bulger
Guest: Ryan Oatman

In this episode of The Bucket Seat, we sit down with two-time Rolex 24 at Daytona winner and Canadian racing driver Daniel Morad for an open and fascinating conversation about the realities of motorsport—on and off the track.

From his early days hustling for sponsorships in karting to standing on the top step at Daytona in a Mercedes-AMG GT3, Dan shares what it takes to compete and win at the highest levels of racing. We dive deep into how sim racing is changing the game and opening doors, the intense preparation (mental and physical) required to reach peak performance, and what it actually feels like to find "flow state" while driving at the limit with everything on the line.

We also explore the story behind Moradness, Dan’s lifestyle and performance brand born after his 2017 Daytona win, and how it’s grown into one of the most respected names in sim racing gear.

Whether you’re a motorsport fan, a sim racer, or just someone who’s curious about the mindset of elite performers, this episode is packed with insights, stories, and the kind of behind-the-scenes detail you won’t hear anywhere else.

Topics Include:

• Starting young: Karting on a budget
• Winning Daytona (twice)
• What it really takes to drive a GT car at the limit
• Sim racing as a gateway to real motorsport
• Flow state, performance psychology, and driving “angry”
• The business of Moradness
• Building a brand while building a career
• Parenting, balance, and perspective in a high-speed world

🎧 Subscribe to The Bucket Seat wherever you get your podcasts, and follow Daniel Morad:
@danielmorad  |  moradness.com

Let us know what you think—or who we should have on next.

Host: Trevor Byrne
Co-host: Bonar Bulger
Guest: Daniel Morad

Bonar and Trevor break down some of the biggest stories in the automotive world right now, from BMW’s upcoming G74 SUV and Volvo bidding farewell to its iconic wagons in North America, to Ford’s plans for a $30,000 electric pickup and Jaguar’s ambitious move toward an all-electric lineup.

What does it take to drive real change in the automotive world?

In this episode of The Bucket Seat, we sit down with Mathew Growden — aka The Change Optimist — to explore the future of mobility through a lens of optimism, systems thinking, and practical transformation.

From his work leading electric vehicle strategy at Google to his broader view of how technology, infrastructure, and consumer behaviour intersect, Mathew offers a sharp but hopeful perspective on what’s next for the car world.

We dig into:

• ​The real pace of EV adoption (and what’s still holding it back)
• ​The role of software and services in reshaping the ownership experience
• ​How ecosystems — not just products — will define the next decade of mobility
• ​What it means to be a “change optimist” in an industry built on tradition

If you’re into cars, strategy, or just want to hear from someone working on the front lines of transformation, this one’s for you.

In this episode, we sit down with Lucas Scarfone...photographer, publisher, and the guy who’s probably taken one of your favourite car photos without you even knowing it.

We talk about how it all started for him, shooting with a Nikon in high school and chasing down the kind of cars most people only dream about. Lucas shares how Autostrada came to life, what it means to really connect with the car community, and why he still believes in doing things the hard way if it means doing them right.

We get into:

• What makes a great car photo really stick
• How Autostrada became more than just a magazine
• The tension between creativity and brand work
• Print vs. digital and why both still matter
• The value of showing up, camera in hand, over and over again

This one’s a mix of car stories, business lessons, and real talk about what it means to build a life doing what you love.

If you’ve ever picked up a camera, loved a car, or thought about making your own thing from scratch, this episode’s worth a listen.

Porsche Canada has officially opened the doors to its first-ever Experience Centre—and we sat down with two key voices behind it. In this episode, Trevor Arthur (CEO, Porsche Canada) and Jennifer Cooper (Manager, PEC Toronto) join us to talk about what makes the centre more than just a track.

We get into Trevor’s return to Canada, the vision for Porsche’s future, and the incredible one-of-one GT3 RS designed to mark the launch. Jennifer shares how the PEC was built with intention, from the track layout and Canadian design cues to the art installation and guest experience.

Released on Canada Day, this episode is a celebration of homegrown passion, national design, and the people behind one of Porsche’s most ambitious projects to date.

After a long stretch in the paddock, The Bucket Seat fires back to life. This is Episode 73, but it also feels like Episode 1 of something new.

Trevor Byrne sits down with longtime friend, automotive content creator, and Volvo lifer Bonar Bulger for a wide-ranging, slightly nostalgic, occasionally opinionated conversation about what cars meant to us then, what they mean to us now, and why the smell of an old Volvo 240 can still hit you harder than a YouTube review ever could.

They cover Bonar’s early days wrenching on a yellow Volvo wagon with duct tape and a Haynes manual, his strange-but-true detour to a U.S. military base in the middle of the Pacific, and why building content for yourself first might be the most honest thing you can do in 2025.

There’s also an announcement tucked in at the end — something new for the show, and maybe for the direction it’s headed.

This is The Bucket Seat. Let’s get rolling again.

Art Cervantes & Lane Skelton introduce us to their new auction site, RAD For Sale.

Brian Makse and Trevor Byrne talk auto journalism during Covid, and racing cars.

Enjoy the wonderful lads from @throttlehouse, James and Thomas.  Stay tuned for a new ep every other Wednesday!

On this episode,  I have Benjamin Hunting as my guest.Benjamin is an automotive journalist, and an very impressive one at that. From the pages of Super Street to some of the most detailed pieces of work you’ll read in hagerty classic car, accomplished is an understatement. In conjunction with all of his writing, he is also the co-host of his own weekly podcast with Sami Hag Assad, called The Unnamed Automotive podcast…..and if you have’t listened to it, you should.

In this episode I speak with well known Canadian Drifter, fellow ginger, and extremely nice guy, Riley Sexsmith. He and I discuss how his deep love for automotive began,  life as a pro drifter in Canada, how the pro vs grassroots drift scene shapes up, and what he has in store for 2020.

In this episode I speak to someone I have come to think of as a modern magician…. Sasha Anis is the mastermind behind both mountain pass performance, and on point dyno. I spoke to him nearly two years ago right when he launched MountainPass, an EV oriented performance company  with a deep rooted history in motorsport.You’ll hear stories of Sasha’s exploits in racing with his lightning fast Model 3, his groundbreaking build of a hybrid race car and its mission to set Mosport lap records, and how he sees the electrified future of automotive shaping up.

I'm bringing you an episode I recorded back in late summer of 2019, with a group of amazing individuals from a company named LBI Limited.  These guys are really the shining example of what most of us car nuts have always wanted to do, but never did..... and Adolfo and Keith from LBI are the ones that for over a decade, have been hunting down and selling some of the most incredible vehicles in north america. I was lucky enough to have sat down at their stunning facility in Pontiac Michigan to have this chat, and as you'll hear, it was during a party they were throwing for none other than, Radwood Detroit.  The place was buzzing with car nerdery and particularity of the 80's and 90's vintage era.... it was epic in many ways.

It’s episode 63, and long time friend Laurance Yap is back on the show. He’s here this time to share a glimpse into the fascinating world of current day IMSA racing.  If you don’t know what IMSa stands for, listen in to the first moments of the show and you’ll have your answer. I'’m really lucky to have someone like Laurance continue to share some of his experiences with us all. The education continues in this episode.

In this episode I speak with Brendan Fallis. You can find him everywhere on Instagram and Youtube, but if you’re lucky enough, you’ll find him where he’s most at home, behind a mixer and turntables.He's a man of many passions, and has made his way into the automotive world in NY over the last few years. His design taste is resoundingly apparent in all facets of his business, ranging from fashion and spirits, to architecture and automotive - a fascinating man in so many respects.

In this episode I speak with the one and only, Christopher Pagani. If you don’t already recognize his name, this show should give a pretty well rounded understanding of what his business is, what they do, and just how special the things they make, are.

I am very excited to share with you the story of Peter Klutt. Peter is the founder of Legendary Motorcar, and I’ve wanted to speak to him since the day I first started this show. In fact, I wanted to have a good excuse to speak with him LONG before The Bucket Seat existed. So, I hope that you’re settled in, and are ready to be taken for a journey down the path of LMC, with the legend himself, Peter Klutt.

Keiron is an automotive photographer who ended up on my radar solely through his work. I'd certainly admired it through multiple media outlets, but really zeroed in on him through his work for speedhunters. Finding him online is easy, seriously, just google Keiron Berndt - and you'll be overwhelmed by the combination of volume and quality that he has produced over the years. He has an photographic style that you can't deny, and a eye for those moments where we all wish we had camera in hand. It's behind the scenes, but from the front lines..... for as much sense as that makes.

Gary has an incredibly interesting background in the automotive industry, and has been around some of the most interesting cars that have been built, found, and restored in this country - so it's no wonder he ended up behind the wheel of an incredibly fast one, as a professional race driver in the NASCARnext series.

In this episode my guest is Olivia Scaffidi, a super talented automotive photographer, writer, and complete gear head. She takes us through the things that inspire her in the automotive world, the impressive body of work she's developed relatively quickly since beginning her time as a photographer, and how she's been able to work here way into the tightly knit muscle car community to shoot & document some seriously cool cars across north america.

In this episode of The Bucket Seat Podcast, I have the one and only Laurance Yap back on the show, for a whopping 4th visit - and this time he is back to let us know what it is like to experience the Goodwood Festival of speed, firsthand.PS. my reference to hosting a Bucket Seat K1 Karting date has been postponed due to a nearly identical Trillium BMW club event - which I am participating in. Stay tuned for a future Bucket Seat karting hang!

I had the pleasure of speaking with Adi Desai. the editor in chief of DoubleClutch.ca.  Adi has a ridiculous collection of cars, he co-hosts his own automotive podcast, and is generally a source for endless automotive conversation, in a good way. What I loved about our conversation is how Adi has a finger on the pulse of new cars in North America - but he's also quick to give you a history lesson on old benzs, hondas and lexusesssssssesssesssss....... Enjoy!

Enjoy the breakdown of the Paris Motor Show with Jodi Lai, Editor-in-cheif at Autoguide.com. It's a great conversation about the show, what you'd expect to see there, and who you wouldn't see there. We also nerd out on our love for wagons, and I drool over the fact that she rolled up to the recording in a HELLCAT!

Happy New Year! I'm in a remote location, and forgot my hard drive full of my guest interviews, so the first of this year is going to be a return to the $15,000 Used Car Challenge. Back to your regularily scheduled programming next tuesday! Enjoy.

Ryan is an incredibly interesting (and Canadian) individual who I came across in another automotive podcast, (go figure), called Maximum Driftcast - a show that you can very easily find yourself being lead down the rabbit hole of drifting.  So Ryan came up as a person of interest to me through a lot of conversation about his involvement with the FIA and how its role plays out in the motorsport of drifting.... his clout in this role comes from years upon years of judging drifting across the globe, piloting his own drift car once-upon-a-time, and generally being a celebrity figure in the drift scene due to his tremendous knowledge and experience.  If you've ever wanted a peak behind the curtain of drifting, from one of the most qualified to reveal it, this is certainly going to be an episode for you.

Having the opportunity to sit down with the founders of Radwood was humbling, gratifying, and inspiring all at the same time. These guys have put so much on the line to make Radwood such a phenomenon, and although I tried not to pour my heart out about it, the commitment they've made to stoking the fires of automotive enthusiasm should continue to be celebrated - just as they've done, with Radwood. Radwood Guests: Lane Skelton - DWA!, Art Cervantes - DWA!, Warren Madsen - DWA!, Rick Deacon - ClutchKick, Mikey Kepler - ClutchKick, Bradley Brownell - Writer Extraordinaire

I give a pretty clear description once the episode begins, so I'll leave it to you to stay tuned for episode 49, on Oblivion: The 80's and 90's Car and Culture show, being held on August 25th in Milton, Ontario. You'll recognize Justin Sookraj's voice from a previous episode back in September 2017 - but we have a completely different topic this time around....... we're going back.

I'm here with another episode, and in this one, I'm live on location at Drift Jam with Jover, and Devo. Drift Jam is without questions, one of the best events I've attended. Motorsport, or not. If you love drift, haven't ever experienced drift, or run events every week, you can't miss what these guys are putting on - its epic.

In this episode I chat with Kyle Patrick, Editor in Chief of GTPlanet. As the name probably leads you to believe, GT being Gran Turismo originally, this episode is about the online world of cars, racing, and the tremendous amount of enthusiasm that is had for them around the world.  We touch on trends in the gaming world, how the online world is integrating some pretty incredible technology to give drivers in simulators, some of the same feedback we experience in the real world. Force feedback wheels are one thing, but beginning to feel understeer in a wheel set up is pretty damn cool if you ask me. We finish with what Kyle and GTPlanet have evolved into, which keeps its roots in Gran Turismo and the gaming world, but is now impressively crossing over into how cars are behaving in the real world too.

This past weekend I was on location for the second time, at Fitted Toronto's 9th annual event. Serious kudos to David Soo and Arthur for the near decade of running such a successful event. While at Fitted my first two guests are Senior Editor Micky Slinger, and Associate Editor Adam Gordon from Performance Auto & Sound Magazine (PASMAG). These guys undoubtedly have an endless supply of cool car stories, and that was apparent after the first few minutes of talking to them. So I tried to dig into some top level topics about the magazine, and then as I always do,  get to know what it was that got them into cars in the first place. A quick apology for the wind noise and fluctuating volume levels of this episode. I was working with a brand new rig, made a rookie mistake and didnt have proper wind covers for my lav mics...... as a result I ended up fighting to regulate the levels the whole time.

An indulgent episode. I'm back] with a very good friend of the show, Laurance Yap, and we're all set to talk about Laurance's experience at the somewhat newfound pilgrimage to california for an air-cooled love fest many of you know as Luftgekühlt.

I have a returning guest, Mr.David Soo, to discuss the topic of car shows. In particular we discuss a show that David's been curating for nearly a decade. The show, and the brad are called Fitted, and through the many years it has been running, David has learned a ton. And, just that Ton is what I wanted to talk to him about on this episode. So, stick around as we start at the beginning, and then dig into David's views of past, present, and future auto shows and events through the lense of his youthful yet veteran eyes. Enjoy!

Jodi is the Editor-in-chief for AutoGuide. NO big deal. From coming home from the hospital in a 911SC, to a first article about a Honda Fit, to wheeling a Panamara Sport Turismo next week..... shes never stopped surrounding herself with cool cars, and I think we should all be thankful for that. So, enjoy getting to know Jodi, how she got into cars, Journalism, automotive journalism, and the journey that got her there.

In my conversation with guest Faisal Huda,  we focus heavily on one specific vehicle of his..... known simply as The Toronto Commission. It's a seemingly innocuous name, but to those who understand the magnitude of this simple naming convention, know that it wreaks of the names Porsche, Singer, and it's founder of legendary status, Rob Dickinson. In this episode we discuss having a 911 reimagined by Singer Vehicle Design. It is glorious. Thanks for listening, and be sure to rate, review, and subscribe!

I know we're still quite far off from realizing just that, but still, right now may end up being the ideal time to locate and buy a fun car for the approaching spring weather. Someone may have been hanging on to their machine for the winter, and become fed up with the slow season... or, someone may be proactively listing their carving machine now that the first signs of spring are starting to show their face. In either case, now may be a great time to find a deal on fun car, and this episode is intended to find whats out there today!  So, stay tuned for episode 41 of the bucket seat podcast, where I embark upon another $15 thoussand dollar used car challenge. In this particular challenge, I'll be focusing on vehicles that I think would be great for a spring drive, and a summer project. And I'll give fair warning, I'm not going to say no to my beloved Subaru's just because of their all-wheel-drive..... we all know, that all-wheel drive is just as effective in the spring and summer, as it is in the winter and fall.

Its episode 40 , and on the show I have a chance to chat with Dave Thomas from Stance is Everything. From random celebrations of DEHC kits for fox bodies being Canadian, to the truth about MazdaSpeed 3 torque steer, the definition of stance, what Stance is Everything..... IS and ISNT...... and great discussion about automotive photography. Dave is a wealth of automotive knowledge, Dave is also  the epitome of calm and collected, and his commitment to celebrating what automotive enthusiasm represents through his own very unique perspective, is what this love for cars is all about. I hope that some of Daves passion and love for cars rubs off on all of you listening, as I think we'll all be better for it.

in this episode I Have Sasha Anis on the show. Sasha has had such a cool history in automotive. In motorsports, in the analytics and tuning of races cars and road cars, and now, it's no exaggeration to say he's breaking ground in the electric sports car world. Sasha and I start where we always do, with the beginning. Where it all started and what it was that got Sasha into the automotive world....from there we dig into Sasha's mainstay business, OnPoint Dyno. That's his mobile dyno tuning business which has thrived since he started it, but then we get into one of his project cars. It's named Blue Lightning, and has been named as a bit of a throw back to his imaginative childhood. This piece of engineering wizardry is based on a Lotus Evora, and completely powered by a Tesla electric motor.You'll want to stick around for the tail end of the episode for some news Sasha shares about an exciting new business venture he's launching in 2018, named Mountain Pass Performance...... I have a feeling we'll be seeing a lot of it in this, and the coming years.

In this episode I embark upon another $15k Used Car Challenge. I take 15 minutes to find 15 cars for $15k or less. To remind everyone, the reason I'm doing this is because I'm always told that fun cars are SO expensive. Guess what, $15k isn't a drop in the bucket, but it also isn't an absolute fortune - and there are many cars to be had for this budget! Enjoy!

I had Jover Poppa-G and Devo Dunbar on the show to talk about what they've been up to with Vice, Scraped Crusaders, and a wicked new event they're working on for 2018, called Drift Jam. As we have been doing, we start with where Devo got his spark for cars, we did the same with Jover back in episode 16 so check that out to hear the same for him. In a bit of a new twist, this time we end with where Jover and devo think the whole future of the industry is going - they've got a finger on the pulse, so stick around for their predictions. I really loved shooting the shit with these guys, so I hope you enjoy the show.